Archive for May, 2019
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May 31–June 1, 1969
31 May 2019Beatleologists seem to concur that two events of note took place in these waning days of the Montreal Bed-In, but…
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May 30, 1969
30 May 2019The Beatles’ new single came out today. You may perhaps notice something different about the cover. In those sweet, innocent…
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Derek Taylor on the Montreal Bed-In
27 May 2019I was sort of controlling a big People Theatre. There is some footage of that time in which you see…
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May 26, 1969
26 May 2019Today John and Yoko checked into the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, whence they had flown via Toronto after finding…
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May 24, 1969
24 May 2019Since the Amsterdam Bed-In had turned out a smashing success — at least according to John and Yoko’s own metrics,…
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May 23, 1969
23 May 2019The fourth LP by the Who was released by Track Records in the UK today (it had come out six…
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May 22, 1969
22 May 2019On this day, The Beatles Bible tells us, Ringo and Peter Sellers and the rest of the cast and crew…
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May 16, 1969
16 May 2019It had been reported in the press that Paul and Linda McCartney, with Linda’s daughter Heather in tow, would be…
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May 15, 1969
15 May 2019Today Paul granted an interview to ex-schoomate Roy Corlett, host of a radio show called Light and Local on BBC…
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May 9, 1969 Redux
10 May 2019In the rush of all that was happening yesterday, I missed a couple of things that I want to circle…